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FNE IDF DocBloc: Tožička To Head IDF

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-19

Tomáš Tožička has been tapped as director of the Institute of Documentary Film.

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Eight Minority Coproductions

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-10-18

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has announced its support for minority coproductions in the October 2018 round of grants. The total amount of the allocation for this call was 769,230…

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Anna Herza Tydlitátová, Czech Republic

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2018-10-17

PRAGUE: Anna Herza Tydlitátová from Telekinetic is representing the Czech Republic at Jihlava IDFF's Emerging Producers programme. FNE spoke with Herza Tydlitátová about the current situation for documentary filmmaking in…

PRODUCTION: Czech/German National Street Starts Filming in Prague

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-16

PRAGUE: Czech writer/director Stepan Altrichter is currently shooting the Czech/German coproduction National Street in Prague. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec for Negativ.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye at Jihlava IDFF

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-12

This year, 21 films will compete for the Silver Eye Award for the best documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

My Granny from Mars by Aleksandar Mihalkovich

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Fifteen CEE Films in Jihlava’s Between the Seas Competition

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-11

JIHLAVA: Austria has an especially strong presence in the competition of Central European films, Between the Seas, at the 22nd Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, which runs 25 – 30…

What Men Long For Tops Czech Box Office

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-10

PRAGUE: The Czech comedy/fantasy What Men Long For / Po čem muži touží by Rudolf Havlik held on to its first place spot for a second week, taking in 33…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Helena Trestikova

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-10-05

The Institute of Documentary Film interviews one of the leading Czech documentary directors, HelenaTrestikova.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Simon Safranek

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-28

The documentary King Skate has had its Czech premiere recently and the European premiere will take place later this year. Here is an interview with the director, Simon Safranek.

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Yes Men, Mansky and McAllister - First Tutors of Ex Oriente Film Workshop in Ji.hlava Revealed

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-21

Mike Bonanno (half of The Yes Men duo), Vitaly Mansky and Sean McAllister are among the tutors of the 2nd workshop of Ex Oriente Film 2018/2019, entitled Inside the Production,…

Czech Republic Selects Winter Flies as Oscar Candidate

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-14

PRAGUE: Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu has been voted by the members of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) as Czech Republic’s official entry for the US Academy Awards…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Zdeněk Blaha Is New Manager of East Doc Platform

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-14

Starting from September 2018 Zdeněk Blaha is the new manager of the East Doc Platform and he also remains the manager of another event organised by the Institute of Documentary…

Michael Caine in Going in Style by Zach Braff (2017)

Michael Caine Joins Petr Jakl’s Medieval

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-10

PRAGUE: Michael Caine has joined the cast of Petr Jákl’s biopic Medieval, starring Ben Foster as Bohemia’s greatest warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov. The film is coproduced by British-born Hollywood…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Submit Your Projects to East Doc Platform 2019

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-07

Submit your feature length, short and interactive projects to the East Doc Platform 2019!

Second Season of Knightfall Series Returns to Czech Republic

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-06

PRAGUE: The second season of the History Channel's TV series Knightfall has begun filming at the Barrandov Studios in Prague. Tom Cullen is starring again, while Mark Hamill (Star Wars)…

Czech Minority Coproduction Borg/McEnroe Nominated for EFA People’s Choice Award

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-06

PRAGUE: Borg/McEnroe by Janus Metz, a coproduction between Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic, is among the nine films nominated for the EFA People’s Choice Award 2018. The vote…

Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Jon Watts

Spider-Man: Far From Home Set for Shooting in Czech Republic

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-09-04

PRAGUE: Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home by Jon Watts will be partially shot in the Czech Republic in September 2018. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Keaton, Jacob Batalon…

FNE Jihlava Doc News: Call for Applications for Ji.hlava Academy

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-31

Applications are open until 15 September 2018 for the Ji.hlava Academy, a five-day educational, networking and inspiring platform open to directors, cinematographers, editors, producers, visual artists, and also to film…

Ben Foster in The Program (2015) by Stephen Frears

Ben Foster to Star in Biggest Budget Czech Film in History

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-27

PRAGUE: American actor Ben Foster will portray Bohemia’s greatest warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov in Petr Jákl’s biopic coproduced by British-born Hollywood producer Cassian Elwes.

Jan Němec's and Karel Vachek's Films on Prague Spring 1968 Online at DAFilms.com

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2018-08-27

PRAGUE: The Ferrari Dino Girl by Czechoslovak New Wave classic Jan Němec and Elective Affinities by Karel Vachek are available online on DAFilms.com on the occasion of the 50th anniversary…